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Spectre Divide
EngineUnreal Engine 4[1]
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2024
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Spectre Divide is a tactical shooter video game developed and published by Mountaintop Studio. The game initially released for Microsoft Windows with console coming later[2][3]. The game is free-to-play and live service[4].[5]

Gameplay

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Spectre Divide will be a 3v3 player-versus-player, first to eight rounds[4], first-person tactical shooter title. The core game mechanic, "Duality", allows the player to control two bodies, known as a "spectre". The player can swap to their spectre at any time and relocate it by throwing the "puck" to a new location. The player can choose a "sponsor", out of the 8 currently available, to use its three abilities in-game. Zones in-game, called "fast recall zones", speed up spectre transfers. Spectre Divide will have an economy system similar to that of Valorant.[6][4][7][3]

Development and Release

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Spectre Divide is developed and published by Mountaintop Studio. Nate Mitchell and Lee Horn founded Mountaintop Studio, raising $30 million dollars, with the goal of making a "small team format" inspired tactical shooter. The pair gathered a team of 70 developers and the gaming influencer Shroud for help in game design. The studio took two years creating the "Duality" mechanic with constant playtesting and prototyping. In total, the studio spent four years developing Spectre Divide with their beta test opening to the public on August 13, 2024, at 9 AM PT and ending at August 21, 2024, at 6 PM PT[8].[4]

Spectre Divide officially released on September 3, 2024, at 9 AM PT.[9][2]

Reception

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Spectre Divide has been compared to Riot Games's Valorant, with its player abilities, and Valve's Counter-Strike 2, with its bomb and economy system.[5] The game is notable for enlisting Shroud to help design the games mechanics.[4]

Shortly after release, Spectre Divide received criticism for their pricing on skins, specifically with a bundle priced at $90, with PC Gamer writing: "In Valorant, it's possible to buy individual skins from a bundle for a lower price, but Spectre's bundles are currently all or nothing".[9][6]Following the criticism, Mountaintop Studio reduced the price of the skins by 17% to 25%.[11]

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  2. ^ a b Richman, Olivia (2024-08-27). "Spectre Divide Release Guide — Launch Date, Servers, System Requirements". Esports Illustrated On SI. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  3. ^ a b Lennox, Jesse (2024-08-08). "Spectre Divide: trailers, gameplay, and more". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e Takahashi, Dean (2024-08-29). "It took four years to find the FPS fun with Spectre Divide | interview". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  5. ^ a b Park, Morgan (2024-08-01). "Spectre Divide is Counter-Strike for the aim-down-sights generation, and it's so fun I can't stop thinking about it: 'We hope our game becomes your next 10,000-hour obsession'". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  6. ^ a b Hollister, Sean (2024-08-01). "Spectre Divide is a fascinating Valorant-like shooter where you control two bodies". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  7. ^ Lustberg, Jackson (2024-08-28). "Spectre Divide review --- Double or nothing". GAMINGTREND. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  8. ^ Via, David (2024-08-08). "Spectre Divide beta: Everything you need to know to get ready". SiegeGG. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  9. ^ a b Bhatti, Fariha (2024-08-29). "Big Spectre Divide release date confirmed by studio 2024 | ONE Esports". oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  10. ^ "Spectre Divide Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  11. ^ "Spectre Divide - Store Price Reductions - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
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